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and pro nato and libyan rebel narrative of so-called libyan revolution by a sizable information that was just totally demolished that but also then you have missed the account of the head of the i.c.c. who is a very strange figure who again mainstream figures are pointing the finger at him but he has more the interest of nato and the nato government in libya and he does his own staff members remember back in june melinda taylor who was the i.c.c. appointed defense for saif al islam was centers in town of herself and for other people who were held by byzantine militia and i. a former u.n. caustic you thought rwanda and yugoslavia so no no no big fan of the independence movement or sort of the global south at himself that this was a kidnapping but it in tiny militia i mean the ocampo has more interest i mean a company apologize on behalf of a colleague here nothing to apologize for which some of that i think that's a very bad precedent because it allows countries who are who have people who are going to be quiet but i could see to interact in this way but that's not the case because ac
and pro nato and libyan rebel narrative of so-called libyan revolution by a sizable information that was just totally demolished that but also then you have missed the account of the head of the i.c.c. who is a very strange figure who again mainstream figures are pointing the finger at him but he has more the interest of nato and the nato government in libya and he does his own staff members remember back in june melinda taylor who was the i.c.c. appointed defense for saif al islam was centers...
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more than 50 soldiers from the nato led coalition have been killed so far this year by members of the afghan army or police or people wearing their uniforms. on saturday five people died when us and afghan soldiers exchanged fire in the eastern province of nordag. details are unclear but it is thought u.s. gun soldiers started the gun fight when they mistakenly believed they were under fire from afghan troops and fogh pledged action to stop insider attacks. >> this strategy aims at undermining trust and confidence and to a certain degree also has succeeded in that and this is the reason why we have taken and will continue to take preventive measures to avoid such insider attacks. >> he says nato will tighten recruitment procedures for afghan soldiers and gather better intelligence on insurgents. he stressed there would be no change to withdrawal plans. >> finally, in 2014 the combat mission will end and the afghans will take full responsibility and we will continue a training mission. >> he will host a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels next week. necessity will likely disc
more than 50 soldiers from the nato led coalition have been killed so far this year by members of the afghan army or police or people wearing their uniforms. on saturday five people died when us and afghan soldiers exchanged fire in the eastern province of nordag. details are unclear but it is thought u.s. gun soldiers started the gun fight when they mistakenly believed they were under fire from afghan troops and fogh pledged action to stop insider attacks. >> this strategy aims at...
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rasmussen said nato commanders are taking added precautions when recruiting afghan personnel. and they're working to improve intelligence gathering on insurgents. he said there's no change in plans to withdraw all nato troops from afghanistan by the end of 2014. >>> finance ministers will take on a challenge many have taken on over the years. how to deal with social problems in the middle east. ministers will meet next week in tokyo consider creating a fund to stimulate business and increase jobs in arab nations. the g-8 ministers have given their backing to the arab spring democracy movements in tunisia and egypt. they agreed on that support at a meeting last year in france. they're nour turni they're turning attention to youth unemployment contributing to unrest in the streets. finance officials will join the meeting. it will take place on the side lines of the annual gathering of the international monetary fund and world bank. >>> greeks have seen cut after cut to their salaries and services. and there may be more to come. guch government leaders proposed budget cuts of 7.8
rasmussen said nato commanders are taking added precautions when recruiting afghan personnel. and they're working to improve intelligence gathering on insurgents. he said there's no change in plans to withdraw all nato troops from afghanistan by the end of 2014. >>> finance ministers will take on a challenge many have taken on over the years. how to deal with social problems in the middle east. ministers will meet next week in tokyo consider creating a fund to stimulate business and...
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nato nato masters in its bid to join the e.u. so it's been willing to do the bidding europe and the u.s. britain france and the u.s. they may be helping the hoping that they can somehow try and knowledge made into taking action as well and promising a kind of the blitzkrieg is that she the only thing really that would enable the rebels we're now at this. german chancellor angela merkel is expected in athens let's now talk to our correspondent sara first who is in the greek capital for us well sara what is the mood in the streets of athens ahead of merkel's visit. because she'll be arriving shortly and the world can parties possibly not what she does being expect she will hoping for this is undertaken the biggest security operation that is sacred of the many many years seven thousand police officers patrolling the streets like this on the rooftop north of canada and the protests planned across many parts about this to show you what's going on here at the moment in syntagma the people the police lining some of the streets at the mo
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the mediterranean not far from the shores of syria has warned it will not shy from war if provoked nato which is so far the conflict says it's ready to defend its member nation but some reports suggest shells landing in turkey may be from weapons that ankara itself provided to syrian rebels this as volunteers escalating across the country with bomb blasts and firefights in damascus the un chief ban ki moon has called on the syrian government to you need laterally cease fire but as equate the editor of the pan-african newswire believes that nato is maneuvering to intervene. turkey is a long time member of the north atlantic treaty organization since nine hundred fifty two and they're going to act in conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of intervening more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of n
the mediterranean not far from the shores of syria has warned it will not shy from war if provoked nato which is so far the conflict says it's ready to defend its member nation but some reports suggest shells landing in turkey may be from weapons that ankara itself provided to syrian rebels this as volunteers escalating across the country with bomb blasts and firefights in damascus the un chief ban ki moon has called on the syrian government to you need laterally cease fire but as equate the...
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joining us syria's civil war teetered on the brink of international conflicts after take it turns to nato and the un over an unprecedented fire exchange between the countries ankara has struck targets in syria in response to the mortar shelling of a texas border town which killed five civilians his policy has a story turkish forces launched artillery attacks against syrian targets there's a follows a mortar bomb from syria that landed in a south east turkish village earlier in the day now it landed in a residential building killing five members of the same family and wounding another nine in the turkish prime minister has said that the turkish response is in line with the rules of engagement now for some time we have seen an escalation of tensions between turkey and serious. certainly what we're witnessing now is just an intensification of this at the same time what we're hearing from turkish leadership that they will not allow what is a perceived attack on their territory to go on said nato member states have been meeting in brussels where they've issued a statement saying that they stan
joining us syria's civil war teetered on the brink of international conflicts after take it turns to nato and the un over an unprecedented fire exchange between the countries ankara has struck targets in syria in response to the mortar shelling of a texas border town which killed five civilians his policy has a story turkish forces launched artillery attacks against syrian targets there's a follows a mortar bomb from syria that landed in a south east turkish village earlier in the day now it...
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nato nato masters in his bid to join the e.u. so he's been willing to do the bidding europe and the u.s. britain france and the u.s. they may be helping the hoping that they can somehow climb knowledge nato into taking action as well and promising a kind of the blitzkrieg is that she the only thing really that would enable the rebels. fireworks jubilation at a fiesta atmosphere right now in venezuela this only means one thing president hugo chavez is there to stay and so are his plans for how...
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nato nato masters in its bid to join the e.u. so it's been willing to do the bidding europe and the u.s. britain france and the u.s. they may be helping hoping that they can somehow plan knowledge made into taking action as well and. the blitzkrieg is that she the only thing really that would enable the rebels where now at this. watching r.t. a series of blasts of rocked a military facility in central russia where tons of munitions disposal exploded and the noise and plumes of smoke spark...
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nato nato masters in its bid to join the e.u. so it's been willing to do the bidding in europe and the u.s. britain france and the u.s. they may be helping hoping that they can somehow try and knowledge revote made into taking action as well and. the blitzkrieg is that she the only thing really that would enable the rebels we're now at this. you're watching r.t. now clashes have broken out in greece tear gas fired at protesters angry with the visit of merkel there are reports of police actually making preventative rests the german chancellor is seen as the power behind the policy bringing hardship and tough austerity to the greek people. has more from athens but you can see the riot police here are seeing protesters back off syntagma square clashes have already broken out between the two sides this is all happening as german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with the prime minister there inside this cussing the future of the usa but out on the streets the people as you can see very same with their voices they don't want these m
nato nato masters in its bid to join the e.u. so it's been willing to do the bidding in europe and the u.s. britain france and the u.s. they may be helping hoping that they can somehow try and knowledge revote made into taking action as well and. the blitzkrieg is that she the only thing really that would enable the rebels we're now at this. you're watching r.t. now clashes have broken out in greece tear gas fired at protesters angry with the visit of merkel there are reports of police actually...
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hs very supporve of defee spending, obviously, of nato, though his idea that nato allies are going to meet their spending goals is, shall we say, wildly optimistic which is another way of probably saying unrealistic. he wasn't clear exactly what the differences were with afghanistan, though, again, he didn't change the policy, we're still looking at something by the end of 2014. but if you're asking me about benjamin netanyahu in particular yeah, i think he'd like the you have to language about iran more than anything else. that's right now the prism through which israelis are judging a lot of international development. >> rose: the two things about governor romney on foreign policy that have gotten attention on this speech, one was what he said about russia and the other was what he said about china. did he add to that in any way today? >> very little. this was much more a speech about the middle east than it was a fleshed-out romney foreign policy. there was continued toughness towards russia. he had a nod in the direction of free trade which a lot of people were welcomed. very litt
hs very supporve of defee spending, obviously, of nato, though his idea that nato allies are going to meet their spending goals is, shall we say, wildly optimistic which is another way of probably saying unrealistic. he wasn't clear exactly what the differences were with afghanistan, though, again, he didn't change the policy, we're still looking at something by the end of 2014. but if you're asking me about benjamin netanyahu in particular yeah, i think he'd like the you have to language about...
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treaty organization since nine hundred fifty two and they're going to act in conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of venting more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of a no fly zone unquote would actually means a authorization to carry out massive bombings against syria so they can utilize alleged violations of turkish land mass and an effort to further militarize the border between the two countries so i believe it's a very dangerous situation and that the united nations seems to be almost crippled in regard to any attempt to resolve this conflict because their efforts are being undermined by nato and the countries that are very much a part of the leadership of that military alliance still ahead and maybe within find out why the united arab emirates is a. must. in region. these and other stori
treaty organization since nine hundred fifty two and they're going to act in conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of venting more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of a no fly zone unquote would...
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iraq's prime minister who's in moscow speaks out against a potential nato intervention in syria under the guise of protecting the region. more belt tightening for beleaguered britain as the prime minister tells his party to keep up the cuts despite public or each across europe. and ongoing all sara he feels more separatism calls in europe as the referendum on scotland's independence from britain is all but confirmed. hello and welcome to our team with me karen terror well in moscow appeals court has freed one of the jailed members of the notorious pussy riot punk band but held the two year sentence for the two others the three women were convicted in august of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a song packed with obscenity at russia's main orthodox cathedral artie's polly boyko joins us live now from right outside the court holly what exactly was the court's ruling on its reasoning in this decision. is what are the band's members you can see in this summit say that she walked for relief from more scary safety quote here she was released on probation. and with a s
iraq's prime minister who's in moscow speaks out against a potential nato intervention in syria under the guise of protecting the region. more belt tightening for beleaguered britain as the prime minister tells his party to keep up the cuts despite public or each across europe. and ongoing all sara he feels more separatism calls in europe as the referendum on scotland's independence from britain is all but confirmed. hello and welcome to our team with me karen terror well in moscow appeals...
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governing in this country and certainly that there is no stability in libya compared to before the nato bombing and destruction of their country i don't think they're going to get much help from the u.n. saying that the united nations is the co architect of this post could also be libya . responsible for this sort of the fraud that was imposed by the u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy three which was. starting with a no fly zone which turned into a bombing zone they've got serious problems in libya there's no legitimacy really with just post gadhafi government it makes no market off its government look like a beacon of light in this shining city on the hill in comparison in syria it could be much worse because in syria we're looking at a protracted civil war now in the making or something even worse calls of protest says have once again gathered in front of the column and in athens people angry at will pending causing a ban on protests in the city center during the german tonsils visit on she's saying there will be heavy police presence will that but do you mean protests are plann
governing in this country and certainly that there is no stability in libya compared to before the nato bombing and destruction of their country i don't think they're going to get much help from the u.n. saying that the united nations is the co architect of this post could also be libya . responsible for this sort of the fraud that was imposed by the u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy three which was. starting with a no fly zone which turned into a bombing zone they've got serious...
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meanwhile iraq's prime minister who is in moscow speaks out against a potential nato intervention in syria under the guise of protecting the reach of a report on that is coming up. in moscow appeals court has free to one of the jailed members of the notorious pussy riot punk band. but up held the two year sentence for the two others the three women were convicted in august of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a song packed with obscenity at russia's main orthodox cathedral artie's polly boy has the details outside the court. what are the bands members you could see in the summit say that she walked free from more scary city court here she was released on probation throughout the trial and throughout the appeal the women have maintained that they didn't mean to offend anybody and that there was a protest it was a political protest against vladimir putin however during the trial the court found no political motive to the stunt that took place back in february in the christ the savior of the jail in moscow they said it was in fact hooliganism motivated by religiou
meanwhile iraq's prime minister who is in moscow speaks out against a potential nato intervention in syria under the guise of protecting the reach of a report on that is coming up. in moscow appeals court has free to one of the jailed members of the notorious pussy riot punk band. but up held the two year sentence for the two others the three women were convicted in august of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a song packed with obscenity at russia's main orthodox...
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today, only three of the 28 nato nations meet this benchmark. i will make further reforms to foreign assistance, to create incentives for good governance, for free enterprise, and for greater trade in the middle east and beyond. i will organize all efforts in the greater middle east under one official, with responsibility and accountability to prioritize efforts and to produce results. i will rally our friends and our allies to match our generosity with their, and i will make it clear to the recipients of our aid that in return for our material support, they must meet the responsibilities of every decent, modern government, to respect the rights of all the citizens, including women and minorities, to ensure civil society, a free media, political parties, and an independent judiciary, and to abide by international commitments to protect our diplomats and our property. i will champion of free trade and restore it as a critical element of our strategy, both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one new free trade agr
today, only three of the 28 nato nations meet this benchmark. i will make further reforms to foreign assistance, to create incentives for good governance, for free enterprise, and for greater trade in the middle east and beyond. i will organize all efforts in the greater middle east under one official, with responsibility and accountability to prioritize efforts and to produce results. i will rally our friends and our allies to match our generosity with their, and i will make it clear to the...
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as such it is possible that their firing these these rounds deliberately to provoke turkey to go to nato and call for a foreign intervention of course this is something that many people are increasingly concerned about for paula that's a shift our attention now and focusing on what exactly is happening inside syria at the moment what's the current latest situation. well the situation in syria after eighteen months of fighting is showing no letting up there continues to be almost daily blasts in the capital city of damascus and they're particularly cost suicide bombings have become almost the norm the same situation is happening in aleppo the commercial hub of the country in the north and they we're hearing of continuous heavy fighting and also in recent days and in recent weeks we've witnessed a rise in class suicide bombings there were also receiving a twitter feed from the share adnan out of dar now he is a sunni muslim preacher and the salafist media has become almost a symbol of the rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar ass
as such it is possible that their firing these these rounds deliberately to provoke turkey to go to nato and call for a foreign intervention of course this is something that many people are increasingly concerned about for paula that's a shift our attention now and focusing on what exactly is happening inside syria at the moment what's the current latest situation. well the situation in syria after eighteen months of fighting is showing no letting up there continues to be almost daily blasts in...
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suggesting that they're being fired deliberately to provoke to keep into calling on nato to launch some kind of operation in syria and the irony of the situation though is that we're now receiving expert opinion that many of the shells that are being fired from syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have those rather i want to situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those we're also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers party is forming an army just fifteen kilometers from the turkish border and now the fighting which is concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds take advantage of the situation never really came to several cities their economy they wanted independence from damascus but they have also now becoming a problem for turkey turkey of course is no stranger to the kurdish problem just overnight turkish jets were firing at kurdish china in northern iraq so here too you have a situation where turkey
suggesting that they're being fired deliberately to provoke to keep into calling on nato to launch some kind of operation in syria and the irony of the situation though is that we're now receiving expert opinion that many of the shells that are being fired from syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have those rather i want to situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in...
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nato says it disagrees. british and japanese scientists will share this year's nobel prize for medicine. they're working independently, but they both revolutionized the understanding of how mature cells can be reprogrammed to perform new functions. for years, he has been a thorn on the side of u.s. policy in latin america. he a good job as has been reelected for a fourth term as president. -- to vote chavez has been reelected for a fourth term as president. he promises to continue this socialist revolution. >> this had been billed as a tight race, but in the end, the results came quickly after the final polling stations had closed. it gave mr. job as a clear 10- point lead. -- mr. chavez a clear 10-point lead. >> to those who are always trying to deny all the good things that happened in venezuela, invite them to dialogue, to debate, and to work together. >> his followers were jubilant. >> he has given free health care systems, he has given houses. >> we have the best president in the world. the women love h
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ok maggie if i go to you in tampa do you think the syrians want the turks to blink because they know nato doesn't really want to get involved in this at least overtly. to bluff well. yeah that's a good question peter let me just go back to your previous question i would agree with your friend with with the other guests from turkey i think syria is some sort of potential vietnam for turkey i don't think their key would want to intervene in syria militarily for now at least because intervening in syria they would get turkey sucked into the syria sucked into a sectarian war in syria and that would backlash in turkey because of the issue of the kurds might do bill against turkey my unify with the kurds in syria and also there would be a proxy war between iran we should also bring iran into the topic because there would be iran has a heart a large stake inside syria and they will be saudi also intervenes and there is an international superpowers who are backing the said the regime so i don't think turkey now is ready to enter remit to in syria and as your guest said i think. i don't think the
ok maggie if i go to you in tampa do you think the syrians want the turks to blink because they know nato doesn't really want to get involved in this at least overtly. to bluff well. yeah that's a good question peter let me just go back to your previous question i would agree with your friend with with the other guests from turkey i think syria is some sort of potential vietnam for turkey i don't think their key would want to intervene in syria militarily for now at least because intervening in...
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we can lead nato if we're willing to take a hard stand. we can, i've been in those camps in chad. i've seen the suffering, thousands and tens of thousands have died and are dying. we should rally the world to act and demonstrate it by our own movement to provide the helicopters to get the 21,000 forces of the african union in there now to stop this genocide. >> thank you, senator. governor. >> oh, yeah, it's so obvious i'm a washington outsider. and someone just not used to the way you guys operate. because here you voted for the war and now you oppose the war. you're one who says, as so many politicians do, i was for it before i was against it or vice- versa. americans are craving that straight talk and just want to know, hey, if you voted for it, tell us why you voted for it and it was a war resolution. and you had supported john mccain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race and you had opposed very adamantly barack obama's military strategy, including cutting off funding for the troops that attempt all through the primary. and i watched those debates, so i remem
we can lead nato if we're willing to take a hard stand. we can, i've been in those camps in chad. i've seen the suffering, thousands and tens of thousands have died and are dying. we should rally the world to act and demonstrate it by our own movement to provide the helicopters to get the 21,000 forces of the african union in there now to stop this genocide. >> thank you, senator. governor. >> oh, yeah, it's so obvious i'm a washington outsider. and someone just not used to the way...
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shelling this wednesday turkey's military chief vowed to respond with more force that is a day after nato said it suit ready to defend turkey if this latest development with u.s. troops in jordan comes with the u.s. election presidential election less than a month away at a time when mitt romney his challenger is criticizing the president for not being aggressive enough for quote unquote sitting on the sidelines for missing the opportunity to topple assad and quote deliver a bad defeat to iran yes he actually said that so it's not clear whether this latest announcement about jordan is the administration's way of showing teeth in these in this election campaign or whether an intervention in syria is really coming soon one of the reasons why the rebels refused to settle for a. negotiated solution through dialogue and the signal that they get that says that support is on the way that there will be an intervention but everybody understands without a negotiating. lifted the bloodshed will continue so the thing all that the rebels are getting including that it was about u.s. troops standing by
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that the people who you liberated turned out not to be grateful ok and i did talk about that and the nato element a little bit later if either of you think that the turks really want to go this far or do you think they're going to have their western allies backing them up ok empty rhetoric again even though we do have shells going over the border. the turkish public opinion according to recent opinion polls is increasingly against their government's syria policy at the same time also i think the turkish government does not want to enter into the syrian quagmire at least or get militarily involved unless washington and principally here washington is behind them and so far we can see a an incredible reticence in washington not to get involved in the in the civil war in syria ok but if i do if i could stay with you i mean turkey is very much involved in this civil war it has an open border we have people going back and forth is playing an active role in the civil war there is no doubt that turkey is involved turkey has is hosting the free syrian army there are also reports that that money we
that the people who you liberated turned out not to be grateful ok and i did talk about that and the nato element a little bit later if either of you think that the turks really want to go this far or do you think they're going to have their western allies backing them up ok empty rhetoric again even though we do have shells going over the border. the turkish public opinion according to recent opinion polls is increasingly against their government's syria policy at the same time also i think...
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was this year he said that so it is fifty percent of afghan battalions operating independently of of nato troops comes from it is a mystery to me i mean i think we've got to be realistic about what we've achieved here ok we haven't achieved in eleven years a great deal we're talking about very small pluses over an eleven year period you know basically we just have to accept the fact that you know this isn't a withdrawal it's a retreat in this retreat in the face of a war that's unwinnable by any criteria i don't think anyone expected a clear cut victory for either side in this but what they really didn't expect was the fact that the west have mishandled this so badly that it's led to now to them basically leaving as they did in iraq are still doing in iraq with the tell between the legs ok and we can't trust that up any any any other way i mean we talk about improvements again just as one point two thousand the two thousand american soldier was killed this week in afghanistan and the three years ago the figure something like eight or nine hundred so that's doubled in three years and that'
was this year he said that so it is fifty percent of afghan battalions operating independently of of nato troops comes from it is a mystery to me i mean i think we've got to be realistic about what we've achieved here ok we haven't achieved in eleven years a great deal we're talking about very small pluses over an eleven year period you know basically we just have to accept the fact that you know this isn't a withdrawal it's a retreat in this retreat in the face of a war that's unwinnable by...
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and nato issued a statement saying it stands by turkey. tell us more about what's at stake in this incident right now. >> reporter: well, the turks immediately started rallying their allies reaching out to u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton, to the french government, to nato, to the u.n. special envoy to syria. and nato held emergency talks specifically on this issue at their headquarters in brussels. they were invoked under article iv saying any one ally in the military alliance can hold consultations if there's a threat to one of their security. a big question will be what will happen after this. this is the first exchange of fire really that we've heard about. but it's important to note syrian anti-aircraft defenses shot down a turkish military reconnaissance jet last june killing two pilots. the turks were of course furious. all their allies condemned this, but we didn't really see any steps taken in the immediate aftermath of that. the turks are now saying that they will respond to any type of provocation. it will be important to
and nato issued a statement saying it stands by turkey. tell us more about what's at stake in this incident right now. >> reporter: well, the turks immediately started rallying their allies reaching out to u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton, to the french government, to nato, to the u.n. special envoy to syria. and nato held emergency talks specifically on this issue at their headquarters in brussels. they were invoked under article iv saying any one ally in the military alliance can...
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today only 3 of 28 nato nations meet this benchmark. i will make further reforms to our foreign assistance to create incentives for good governance, for free enterprise and greater trade in the middle east and beyond. i will organize all assistance efforts in the greater middle east under one official with responsibility and accountability to prioritize efforts and produce results. i will rally our friends and allies to match our generosity with theirs and i will make it clear to recipients of our aid that in return for material support they must meet the responsibilities of every decent modern government to respect the rights of all their citizens, including women and minorities. to ensure space for civil society, a free media, political parties and an independent judiciary. and to abide by their international commitments to protect our diplomats and property. i will champion free trade and restore it as a critical element as our strategy in the middle east and across the world. the president hasn't signed one new free trade agreement
today only 3 of 28 nato nations meet this benchmark. i will make further reforms to our foreign assistance to create incentives for good governance, for free enterprise and greater trade in the middle east and beyond. i will organize all assistance efforts in the greater middle east under one official with responsibility and accountability to prioritize efforts and produce results. i will rally our friends and allies to match our generosity with theirs and i will make it clear to recipients of...